Photo: Ayadm · CC BY-SA 3.0No public library stands in Upper Island Cove: the closest, Harbour Grace Public Library, is 4.6 km away
The next is Bay Roberts Public Library (Bay Roberts), 7.3 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Newfoundland and Labrador, so this page has none for Upper Island Cove.
C+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Upper Island Cove’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Upper Island Cove grades C+. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Upper Island Cove, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
One registered charity gives a Upper Island Cove mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.6; the median is 1.4 for Newfoundland and Labrador towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
34.8%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 34.8% of people across Newfoundland and Labrador in 2023, likely 31.7% to 38.0%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 4.6 km from Upper Island Cove
In order of distance from the centre of Upper Island Cove, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Upper Island Cove
Does Upper Island Cove have a public library?
No, but Harbour Grace Public Library in Harbour Grace is the nearest public library to Upper Island Cove.
Library locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Statistics Canada, Open Database of Cultural and Art Facilities (2020). Charities: Canada Revenue Agency, List of charities (2024), charitable organizations only.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).